Smoothing out details

There are many times when you might want to smooth out details that are too…rough or shapes that are too pronounced.…This is easily done with the Smooth brush.…Let's see how it works.…Now, the Smooth brush is used so often that it can be accessed regardless of…which brush is currently active.…Just hold down the Shift key and you'll temporarily switch to Smooth Mode.…So, I've got the Draw tool active right now, but I'm holding down Shift, so it's…going into Smooth Mode.…If I release Shift, you go right back into Draw Mode. I'm just going to undo that:…Ctrl+Z. Now, this brush is very straightforward and intuitive.…

It just simply smoothes things out.…But, there is one thing to watch out for.…Let's say we gave this guy a horn.…I'm just going to go in the Grab Mode, and let's give this guy some weird horns.…Let's say we want to get rid of that horn.…So, you might think you can just go in and smooth it out.…But, what happens is that there are a lot of triangles in this horn and…instead of completely removing the shape, it actually just kind of shrinks them together.…

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3/6/2013

Sculptris is a free sculpting program made for artists. In this course, author Ryan Kittleson introduces the technology behind Sculptris, covers the sculpting toolset, and finishes with two hands-on sculpting projects, where he blocks and sculpts a concept vehicle and a character with facial detail, hair, and clothing.